Show beautifying school lots lot hundreds of our missouri rurel schools need water tiglia roofs vastly more than they need shrubbery exclusion C ot of chilblain bearing gusts in winter more than they need flower borders nad a good coat ot of paint moie than they need velvety lawns at many ot of them a I 1 lawnmower lawn awn mower would be far less of a blessing than even one of the rusty pumps to obviate the w cess ity of carry carrying lil g the water pall halt half a mile or more N nevertheless the virginia plan of school lots has a suggestion to be pressed due sense of proportion of course on missouri rural districts the benefits to pupils and to parents as well as assuming guardianship over gem spots of green set in the midst of smiling fields are well understood by teachers why indeed should successive school lots be included among the shabbiest shab biest of rundown run down premises er countered in a days ride along the splendid new highways st louis globe democrat |